UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £2 million for people centred and systemic design projects. These are across a range of themes and innovation areas to influence, inform and de-risk R&D activities.
Innovate UK will invest up to £2 million in innovation projects that use people centred and systemic design methods. These will be to influence, inform and de-risk their future research and development (R&D) activity.
The aim of this competition is to help businesses use people centred and systemic design methods. These will lay foundations for innovative ideas that can deliver significant benefits to people, the planet, and society as a whole. The ideas can be for new or significantly improved products, services, places or business models.
Proposal must deliver one or more of the following:
- identify new opportunities to innovate, and plan how to respond to them
- generate new ideas in response to a known need or opportunity
- improve existing innovative ideas
Grant funding requests must be between £40,000 and £80,000 and projects must address needs and opportunities from the perspective of the stakeholders involved. Stakeholders can be people, communities, places, the planet, or socio-technical systems.
